Removable holder for mops and the like



July 4, 1967 L. SELLESI REMOVABLEHOLDER FOR MOPS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb.23, 1965 United States Patent 3,328,822 REMOVABLE HOLDER FOR MOPS ANDTHE LIKE Licio Sellesi, Carnello, Italy Filed Feb. 23, 1965, Ser. No.434,354

Claims priority, application Italy, Mar. 7, 1964,

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-151) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The removable holdercomprises a body having a pair of spaced slots with means at its upperportion for a stick or the like. A removable plate has tongues adjacentits The present invention relates to a rechangeable attachment devicefor mops and the like.

The purpose of this invention is that of embodying a device of therelated kind having high features of efficacity and of practical use.

According to this invention a device is provided com prising incombination a body having a substantially prismatical shape, made eitherof plastic material or any other technologically equivalent material,furnished with a conventional stick and provided with a pair of slots,into which are snap inserted two shaped teeth, carried by a rechangeableelement bodily formed with the mop.

Said rechangeable element, in one preferred embodiment of this inventionconsists of a plate provided with two longitudinal serrated edges,destined to engage the mop proper which is mounted between said teethand a counterplate which is forcedly applied against the first citedplate.

This invention will be now described with reference to a preferredembodiment, shown by way of non-limitative example in the attacheddrawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is an exploded View of the device according to this invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the mounted unit.

With reference to FIG. 1, the device according to this inventionincludes a body 1, having a substantially prismatic shape, madeof eitherplastic material or any other suitable material, provided with a sleeve2 into which a conventional stick (not shown in the figure) is inserted.At the base of the body 1, a plane 3 is provided with a pair of slots 4into which a corresponding pair of elastic teeth or tongues 5 is snapintroduced, said teeth being carried by a plate 6 with a pair ofdownwards projecting serrated edges 7 and upwardly projecting rims 22.Longitudinal slots 23 are provided in the body 1 to receive the rims 22.

Between the aforesaid pair of serrated edges 7 ,and the counterplate 8(see also FIG. 2) the mop 9 is tightened under pressure, so that thetooth shaped projections 10 of the counterplate 8 which have conicalheads will be steadily inserted into the holes 11 provided in the plate6. The serrated edges 7 serve to uniformly distribute the strands of themop along the plates 6 and 8. Of course this fastening operation of themop 9 between the plate 6 and the counterplate 8 will be effected in thefactory, whereby the aforesaid elements will appear as a single assemblywhich will be easily mounted on the body 1, by inserting the two teeth 5provided with the surfaces 12 into the slots 4 of the body itself. Whenthe mop has been consumed by use, the attachment element will bereleased by outwardly pushing the teeth 5 so as to enable a new unit tobe substituted for the worn one.

I claim:

A removable holder for mops and the like, comprising a substantiallyprismatic body having a pair of spaced slots and at its upper portion asleeve for a conventional stick, a removable rectangular plate having ateach end portion thereof a tongue adapted to snap in a slot of saidprismatic body, said plate having a plurality of bores and upwardly anddownwardly projecting rims at its longitudinal sides, said downwardlyprojecting rims having serrated edges to uniformly distribute mopstrands along said plate, said body having longitudinally extendingrecesses, said upwardly projecting rim portions engaging within saidrecesses to avoid any displacement of said plate, and a counter-platehaving a plurality of teeth provided with conical heads adapted to beforcedly inserted into said plurality of bores of said plate forpressing a mop against said plate.

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CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner. D. BLUM, Assistant Examiner.

